Gordon Edelstein

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GORDON EDELSTEIN
New York: The Glass Menagerie, The Homecoming, A Skull in Connemara (Roundabout); Some Americans Abroad (Second Stage); BFE (Playwrights Horizons); The Day the Bronx Died, others. Artistic Director, Long Wharf Theatre, eight seasons: Uncle Vanya (also adapted, Connecticut Critics Circle Award) A Moon for the Misbegotten (CCC Award), Mourning Becomes Electra (Jane Alexander), The Front Page, A Doll’s House (also adapted), Coming Home and Have You Seen Us? (premieres by Athol Fugard), others. Artistic Director, ACT-Seattle, five seasons: The Crucible (WSJ Best Productions of the decade), Death of a Salesman, Scent of the Roses (Julie Harris). London: The Day the Bronx Died. Bucharest, Romania: The Crucible. Connecticut Grand Opera: La Traviata, La Boheme. Countless regional productions. TV: “Abby My Love” (Emmy nomination), “Street Smarts” (HBO), “Notes for My Daughter.”
 
Credits

Director
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Napoli, Brooklyn Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 06/27/2017 Director
2 Satchmo at the Waldorf Westside Theatre/ Upstairs 03/04/2014 Stage Director
3 My Name is Asher Lev Westside Theatre/ Upstairs 11/28/2012 Director
4 The Glass Menagerie Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 03/24/2010 Director
5 Some Americans Abroad Second Stage Theatre 07/24/2008 Director
6 BFE Playwrights Horizons/ Peter Jay Sharp Theater 05/31/2005 Director
7 A Skull in Connemara Gramercy Theatre 02/22/2001 Director
8 The Day the Bronx Died American Jewish Theatre 03/05/1994 Director
9 Tender Offer Riverwest Theatre 09/04/1984 Director

Producer
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Satchmo at the Waldorf Westside Theatre/ Upstairs 03/04/2014 Artistic Director
2 February House Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 05/22/2012 Artistic Director
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2010 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director The Glass Menagerie Director